Pink and Gold Chalk Paint Dresser

Ugh what a week. Some things are just not going too well! Amongst other things, I had to take our little white Lucy cat to the vet (aka hubby’s cousin) last night because she had one of her IBS (irritable bowl syndrome) flare ups. She can’t keep any food down and has bloody diarrhea. She also lost one pound in about a month and half which is a lot since she only weighs 7 pounds. So after a lot of money and lots of house cleaning, I hope she will be back to her old self soon. I feel so bad for her when she clearly feels so nauseous and upset.
And can you believe that I wore my bikini inside out to the pool yesterday? I didn’t notice it until half hour later. Jeesh! Tags and seams hanging out and all. My brain is somewhere else at times. LOL! Please tell me that I’m not the only one who does things like that?

Back to the purpose of this post:

Here is my first attempt at painting with a chalk paint recipe. Today I only want to show you the result and on Friday I will tell you what I used, ummm…ok? Unless, I have more puke and other bodily functions to clean, but I really hope not!

When I have an idea stuck in my head then that’s what I want and I want it now! With the chalk paint it’s a little difficult because we don’t have a vendor in our area and that means I have to order it online, which then means that I have to wait. So that’s not my most favorite thing to do when I have an idea in my head. And I also don’t like that I can only pick the colors they have.

So here is my first DIY chalk paint attempt because I didn’t feel like waiting in the mail for chalk paint.

It’s MORE than cute! It’s beautiful! I adore the color! and the gold accents are perfect!Even with vendors available here, a number of DIY experts have been mixing their own!!! They have had great success— as I see you have had!!!!!

Oh I love it. Now do my old, fake wood (veneer) or what ever for me? No, just kidding. Mine is a crappy, tiny bed table that is WAY too short for my bed (17 inch mattress). And why did they do that anyway with these mattresses? I am so wanting to build my own platform bed so I can dispose of the box springs…. sheeh I would like to whip whoever thought of such high mattresses.

Anyway, I so hope my little table turns out even close to as cute as this gorgeous pink one. And I wanted to spray paint mine a SHINY GOLD all over…. uh anyone tell me if this is a huge mistake? I already bought two cans of Rust-Oleum American Accents bright metallics. Sooooooooo what do you think Julia? And everyone else?

The dresser looks GORGEOUS Julia! 🙂 I love everything about it ‘PINK’ & ‘GOLD’; perfect combo! I would like having a little girl to have pink furniture in my house 🙂 & how I can’t wait to read about your paint experiment, I guess I’m not the only one 😉 & sorry to hear about your cat and the week you’ve been having too, I’ve been having a very difficult one too with Nate but hoping it will get better soon. & When I read about your bikini inside out, it really made laugh over here at the other side of the computer ha!ha! 🙂 not too long after I gave birth of Nate two years ago, we went for groceries and my hair was unwashed but I was so tired I didn’t bother to do anything about it, anyhow when we were in the store I realized I was wearing my grey pyjama top! ha!ha! it looked like a t-shirt but still I couldn’t believe this had happened to me 🙂 I guess, this happens to all of us! (I think!) 🙂 hope your week will get better and that your cat will get better too!

I found you on facebook thru Its Overflowing and I am so glad I did – I’ve been looking for a chalk paint recipe…please tell me that you are going to share yours!! – I am too cheap to pay the price of chalk paint and I too don’t have a local vendor and don’t like to order online…I’ll be hanging on until Friday – can’t wait for you to share!

Julia- I am obsessed with your makeover!! It looks so adorable! I totally get you with the instant gratification thing. I am the exact same way which is why I’ve only done 2 projects with chalk paint. I’ve been wanting to try the recipe for a while now, thanks for the inspiration!

I love it!! Are you keeping this one? I can’t wait to read about your recipe and how you thought the homemade version compared. DIY chalk paint has been on my list for a while, but sadly there are still many (MANY) projects in front of it. 🙁

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